July 2016 Digestive Health

In gastroesophageal reflux disease, the reflux of stomach contents results in disruptive symptoms or complications.

Although some bacteria are harmful, and killing those pathogens is a good thing when you're sick, most bacteria are good.

Gastrointestinal conditions are a major reason for health care use in the United States.

Nausea and vomiting are symptoms of many different conditions, such as infection, food poisoning, motion sickness, concussion, appendicitis, and various other disease states.

Medication spending grew by 12.2% in 2015, totaling approximately $425 billion.

The FDA has approved Quillichew ER extended-release chewable tablets for the treatment of ADHD in patients 6 years and older.

Read about the new Rx Products featured in July.

The ability to view and assess alerts that may have been bypassed by other staff during order entry and drug utilization review may not be available to pharmacists in some pharmacy computer systems.

In the official prescribing information of pharmaceutical products, drug interactions are often listed in 2 categories: contraindicated" and avoid concomitant use." Is this a distinction without a difference?

Once patients need specialized pain care, approximately 90% of them will receive opioids.

Read about the new OTC Products featured in July.

Which OTC products should these pharmacists recommend?

According to a National Health Interview Survey, probiotics are the third most commonly used dietary supplements.

We can do more than act as dispensing police and check in with our state Prescription Drug Monitoring System; we can play an active role in preventing and treating this disease called drug addiction.